From a78c5d3cd8d623efc1dc7800eb32c6b7ec954adb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fatih Degirmenci Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2020 13:32:02 +0000 Subject: Update systemd example readme file (#1663) The readme file does not mention the need to create a folder named /var/lib/node_exporter/textfile_collector as a step. Lack of this folder results errors for node_exporter service which is visible in systemd status output. These errors possibly harmless but it is not good to have them still. $ sudo systemctl status node_exporter --- snipped --- Apr 04 14:51:35 ubuntu node_exporter[14713]: level=info ts=2020-04-04T14:51:35.584Z caller=node_exporter.go:190 msg="Listening on" address=:9100 Apr 04 15:05:34 ubuntu node_exporter[14876]: level=error ts=2020-04-04T15:05:34.464Z caller=textfile.go:197 collector=textfile msg="failed to read textfile collector directory" path=/var/lib/node_exporter/textfile_collector=textfile msg="failed to read textfile collector directory" path=/var/lib/node_exporter/textfile_collector err="open /var/lib/node_exporter/textfile_collector: no such file or directory" --- snipped --- Signed-off-by: Fatih Degirmenci --- examples/systemd/README.md | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'examples') diff --git a/examples/systemd/README.md b/examples/systemd/README.md index c1f011f..67039be 100644 --- a/examples/systemd/README.md +++ b/examples/systemd/README.md @@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ If you are using distribution packages or the copr repository, you don't need to The unit file in this directory is to be put into `/etc/systemd/system`. It needs a user named `node_exporter`, whose shell should be `/sbin/nologin` and should not have any special privileges. It needs a sysconfig file in `/etc/sysconfig/node_exporter`. +It needs a directory named `/var/lib/node_exporter/textfile_collector`, whose owner should be `node_exporter`:`node_exporter`. A sample file can be found in `sysconfig.node_exporter`. -- cgit v1.2.3